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AI Research Scientist - Safety

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time💰 $165,000–$165,000🗓 2026-09-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead strategic research and engineering in AI safety, alignment, and model reliability for autonomous systems and ADAS features.

Role type

Senior IC AI Research Scientist (Safety & Alignment)

Builds

Generative world models, simulation frameworks, and physical reasoning techniques for autonomous driving validation.

Domain

Autonomous driving / AI Safety / Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

AI safety techniques, generative world models, simulation frameworks, physical reasoning, out-of-distribution detection, failure mode analysis, uncertainty estimation, foundation models, Python, PyTorch, JAX

Preferred skills

adversarial robustness, interpretability (XAI), high-performance C++ engineering, distributed training pipelines, peer-reviewed publications in top-tier venues, patent generation

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, C++

Responsibilities

Lead strategic research and engineering initiatives in AI safety and alignment; Advance generative world models and simulation frameworks; Collaborate with global R&D teams to transfer safety frameworks to production; Implement rigorous safety validation and uncertainty estimation; Monitor emerging developments and publish at top-tier conferences; Provide expert technical counsel to senior leadership on R&D roadmaps.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory

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